Name: Spicy Apple Cake
Yield: Serves Twelve
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 10 ml/2 tsp baking powder; 5 ml/1 tsp cinnamon; 2.5 ml/½ tsp mixed (apple pie) spice; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup wholemeal (whole-wheat) flour; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup plain (all-purpose) flour; 45 ml/3 tbsp apricot jam, warmed and strained; 10 ml/2 tsp caster (superfine) sugar; 2 eggs, beaten; 30 ml/2 tbsp milk; 175 g/6 oz/generous ¾ cup soft light brown sugar; finely grated rind of 1 small orange; 4 eating apples, cored and thinly sliced; juice of ½ orange; whipped cream dusted with cinnamon, to serve; 225 g/8 oz cooking apple, cored, peeled and chopped; 75 g/3 oz/6 tbsp butter

Preparation info

Serves
Twelve

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

About

Apfelkuchen is a cake which is favoured by German and Eastern European Jews. Enjoy it for tea, or serve at a happy event. Hundreds of German cakes and desserts include this versatile fruit. This moist and spicy Apfelkuchen can be found on the menu of Konditoreien, coffee and tea houses, everywhere.

Ingredients

115 g/4 oz/1 cup plain (all-purpose) flour
115

Europe
Germany
Cake
Spicy
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and line a 23cm/9in round springform tin (pan).
Sift the flours, baking powder and spices together in a bowl. Toss the chopped cooking apple in 30

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